Iran attacked Israel with missiles
Fox News’ Trey Yingst reports the latest on the attack against Israel. National security correspondent Jennifer Griffin discusses the attack and what US officials knew before it began.
Iran fired dozens of missiles against Israel on Tuesday, saying the attacks were in response to Israeli deaths Hezbollah and Hamas leaders.
israel defense forces (IDF) warned civilians to shelter in place and follow Home Front Command instructions, as the Jewish state’s Iron Dome anti-missile defense system works to intercept incoming rockets.
“During the rescue, we made several interceptions,” IDF spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said after the attack ended. “There are some impacts in areas of the center and south of the country.”
Hagari said that while Israel is still assessing the Iranian attack, officials are “unaware of the casualties.”
Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, on October 1, 2024. (Reuters/Amir Cohen)
A US defense official told Fox News in a statement that US forces in the area were defending against an Iranian attack against Israel.
“In line with our steadfast commitment to Israel’s security, U.S. forces in the area are currently defending against Iranian-launched missiles targeting Israel,” the official said. “Our forces are deployed to provide additional defensive support and protect U.S. forces operating in the region.”
Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, on October 1, 2024. (Reuters/Amir Cohen)
According to Fox, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said this latest bombardment of missiles was in retaliation for the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut, Lebanon, in an Israeli airstrike late last week and the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in July. Is in. News chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard warned in a statement carried by Iranian state media that if Israel responded to the missile attack, “it would face crushing attacks.”
A senior White House official told Fox News on Tuesday morning that Iran was preparing to launch “soon” Ballistic missile attack against Israel. The move follows weeks of Israeli attacks against Tehran’s proxies in the region.
“The United States has indications that Iran is preparing to launch a ballistic missile attack against Israel soon,” the official said. “We are actively supporting defensive preparations to defend Israel against this attack. A direct military attack by Iran against Israel would have serious consequences for Iran.”
Rockets fly in the sky, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, as seen from Tel Aviv, Israel, on October 1, 2024. (Reuters/Ammar Awad)
Another US official earlier told Fox News Iran may launch The attack, which came Tuesday afternoon, said the US had now seen additional missile movements into Iran in preparation for an “imminent” attack.
The official said Iran’s attack could resemble the one launched against Israel in April, which included more than 300 ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones.
Although the US official did not know what the exact scope or size would be, the official said Iran is in a state of readiness to attack Israel within 12 to 24 hours by early August, following the July 31 assassination. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh In Tehran.
Iran had already launched an unprecedented direct attack on Israel in April, although the regime’s proxies, Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, have exchanged attacks with Israel since the Israel–Hamas war began on October 7. Have done.
On Tuesday, Israel was launching a limited ground attack on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon.
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Nasrallah was previously known as the “flag bearer of resistance” in the region.
Iranian leader Ali Khamenei has reportedly gone into hiding and is in a safe location within the country. (Iranian Leader Press Office/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images, File)
“The blood of the martyr will not be avenged,” Khamenei said after Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, last week, according to Reuters.
Three US Navy destroyers are deployed in the Mediterranean Sea, an aircraft carrier in the Gulf of Oman and fighter jets deployed throughout the region to assist Israel in the event of an attack from Iran. Capable of shooting down all incoming missiles.
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Meanwhile, the US State Department announced on Tuesday that sanctions were being imposed Two Israelis were charged And when Iran attacked the Jewish state a “violent extremist group” formed in the West Bank.
Fox News’s Nicholas Rojas and Greg Norman with the Associated Press contributed to this report.
